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A Nigerian businessman accuses a famous preacher of causing the breakdown of his marriage to a Moroccan woman. Asked to mediate, the husband himself took his wife to the religious leader. According to him, she never returned to live in the marital home.
The Ceuta crisis has severely damaged Morocco’s image in Spain. Yet only 3.1% of Spaniards want to suspend diplomatic relations with Rabat. European intervention or immediate returns at the border receive far more support.
Sardines are becoming difficult to find in several major German retail chains. Aldi Nord, Rewe, Lidl and Kaufland acknowledge occasional shortages. The reasons are the decline in catches in Morocco and the suspension of frozen sardine exports.
Three days after his arrest in Amsterdam, Badr Hari was released under conditions. The Moroccan kickboxer is accused of making threats, coercion and doxing. Having returned to his family, he has just spoken at length.
The highest-ranking operational official in the Spanish armed forces visited Melilla, then Ceuta. Officially there to thank the military personnel, Teodoro López Calderón appeared in both cities amid a period of tensions between Madrid and Rabat.
Automotive, textiles, agriculture: 17,000 Spanish companies work with Morocco, and more than 350 have a permanent presence there. After the Ceuta crisis, any sanctions against Rabat would therefore risk directly hurting the Spanish economy.
The purchase of around ten tortoises and a lizard by foreign tourists for approximately 6,000 dirhams prompted an intervention in the medina of Marrakech. Seven shops are being investigated, and several reptiles as well as animal skins have been seized.
Married to a Dutchman since 2019, a 57-year-old Moroccan woman still cannot join him. After six unsuccessful attempts at the integration exam, her visa was refused. Dutch justice has just overturned that decision.
Ilias Mahyou’s family was still making a desperate appeal on Tuesday to find him a new liver. The 26-year-old from Antwerp, who was at the top of the European transplant list, died on Wednesday evening at the university hospital in Ghent. He will be buried in Morocco.
A Moroccan man who claimed to be 17 and had been taken into care as a minor in Spain has now been formally charged by a Madrid judge. Medical examinations revealed that he was in fact well over 18. He is suspected of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Italy checked more than 180,000 travelers arriving from Spain in August after the Ceuta crisis. In the end, only 31 people were turned away at the Italian border, including eight Moroccan nationals. Rome has nevertheless just extended its checks.
Since 2018, a Moroccan man has submitted seven applications for a residence card in Belgium. The first five were based on his relationship with a Dutch uncle, while the next two relied on his Belgian partner. The latest refusal has ultimately been annulled by the courts.